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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1891
Page
6
The Madison Indiana Herald announces subscription terms and announces brief items on figures like Justice Lamar and Barnum, plus remarks on ostrich farming, church taxation, emigration statistics, political opinions, and a cross-border egg production scheme leveraging a Nogales facility half in Mexico and half in the United States.
The Grant Monument Association plans a nationwide solicitation for contributions to complete a monument to General Grant at Riverside Park on the Hudson. A subscription offer features H. A. Ogden's painting "1865" at $1 postpaid, with requests to send to 7 Laight St New York City.
Alice K Knapp was sentenced to two years in the Indianapolis reform school for girls after trial on theft charges. Her sister Bertha pled not guilty and remained jailed to await further proceedings. The sheriff was instructed to separate them in jail if possible.
An old advertisement extols Kemp's Balsam as a pure quick remedy for coughs croup influenza and throat irritation. It claims mothers gave Castoria to children and urges buyers to insist on Kemp's Balsam, offered in large bottles at 50 cents and one dollar at druggists.
Billy Manning cigar dealer and Lucien Harwood printer visited Madison last Thursday. Rev. Monroe Wayhinger the new Methodist minister is to preach Sunday April 26. Dr Wm Freeman of North Madison visited last week. A Vevay man mimics the steamer Ghent whistle. Rev Bovard family left for a new home with friends bidding farewell. The Lee H Brooks now competes with Hattie Brown on the Warsaw Madison route, carrying passengers free by the Mail Line Company.
A humorous local letter to the City Council argues for keeping a cow in the city. The writer recounts buying and defending a dairy cow named Cleopatra, poking fun at law, railroads, and taxes, and ends with pledge of support to the council. The piece blends satire with city politics and rural life.
The piece describes how New York society imposes strict standards on young women in 1801. It notes the omnipresent social monitor guiding daily grooming from waking to dressing, while praising sensible fashion trends like meticulous neatness and clean, brushed hair.
An 19th century advertisement claims Brown's Iron Bitters remedy cures dyspepsia indigestion and debility, promising renewed strength and improved digestion through a tonic composition.
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